Green Island (Fortune), Newfoundland

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See also: Green Island (Catalina), Newfoundland

Location of Green Island in Newfoundland

Green Island(s) from Saint Pierre island (France). Iceberg and Newfoundland in background. Taken May 14, 2008.

Another shot of Green Island from the north of Saint Pierre. Taken May 14, 2008.

Green Island is a rocky island in the mouth of Fortune Bay, off the Burin Peninsula of Newfoundland. It is between the Newfoundland coast and the islands of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon. It can be found about 10 kilometers from Langlade and St. Pierre.^[1]

The first lighthouse was built on Green Island in 1908. It was replaced in 1955, and this was replaced with the present structure in 1993. Its light flashes every 10 seconds and is visible for 16 nautical miles (30 km). The foghorn sounds every 60 seconds as well.

The sovereignty of this island was established by the 1972 agreement between Canada and France^[2] which states in its Annex that the boundary runs just southwest of both Green Island and the Little Green Islands, assigning sovereignty for both to Canada:

Point (5) The low water mark on the west point of the south-westernmost island of the Little Green Island group. Latitude 46° 51' 36" N., Longitude 56° 05' 58" W. approximately.